Progress of the Cause in Indiana.
By William Covert
DURING the year 1886 we have been quite busy in getting Bible truth before the people of this State. We labor among the churches when the weather will not permit work in tents. Six tents were in the field from about June 1 till September 20. These tents were pitched in thirteen different places. Thirty signed the covenant at Delphi, twenty-five at Logansport, eighteen at South Milford, six at Brimfield, twelve at Kempton, sixteen at Terhune, twenty-five at Barber's Mills, twenty-five at Homer, thirty at Waldron, three at Wadesville, and six at Worthington. A company of twenty or more have also embraced the truth at Wabash, where our State camp-meeting and conference were held. Our Bible workers have also seen some fruit of their labor at Indianapolis and Richmond, besides what they have accomplished in connection with other laborers. We now have good prospects of twelve churches being added to the Conference next year. Six church buildings are up that are not dedicated. The increase in tithe amounts to $1,700. There is a large margin for improvement yet in this item. One hundred and ninety-eight members were added to the Tract and Missionary Society. We do not expect that all who have signed the covenant will become church members, but if one-half of them should be added to the Conference it will make a larger increase than any previous year. We hope to be able to keep as large a number of workers in the field during the year 1887, as we were favored with the past year. We trust that prosperity in the Lord's cause will not cause us to be less active or less vigilant. We never saw more openings for labor or less promise of rest than at the present.